Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Hopefully, the frenzy can now die down and those who will try anything to destroy the Trump presidency will now move on to
another slander. In a way, they already have. The “shithouse” caper, ginned up
to keep certain segments of the Democratic base in line and motivated to vote,
has already taken center stage.

Anyway, yesterday Trump’s physician, who was also Obama’s
and Bush’s physician reported on the results of the president’s Friday physical
exam. Since a flaky psychiatrist from Yale, one Bandy X. Lee had taken it upon
herself to diagnose the president—to the chagrin and dismay of the American
Psychiatric Association— we do well to examine the conclusions drawn by a
physician who did examine the president.

President
Trump’s White House physician said Tuesday that the president received a
perfect score on a cognitive test designed to screen for neurological
impairment, which the military doctor said was evidence that Mr. Trump does not
suffer from mental issues that prevent him from functioning in office.

“I’ve
found no reason whatsoever to think the president has any issues whatsoever
with his thought processes,” Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy
and the White House physician, told reporters on Tuesday.

Mr.
Trump’s first physical examination as president was highly anticipated, in part
because of an increasing number of public questions about his sometimes
erratic behavior during his first year in office. A book published
this month, “Fire
and Fury” by Michael Wolff, asserted that even Mr. Trump’s own advisers and
associates questioned the president’s fitness for office.

Mr.
Trump, the doctor said, asked for the cognitive test to answer his critics and
attempt to quell questions about his mental abilities.

Over
all, Dr. Jackson said, Mr. Trump’s health was “excellent,” with mostly normal
results on a battery of tests and examinations. He said Mr. Trump, 71, has
remarkably good cardiac health, probably because he does not smoke or drink
alcohol.

We emphasize that while Bandy and her intrepid band of
culture warriors saw clear signs of neurological impairment, the truth lay
elsewhere. Asked for comment by the Times, Bandy responded that a test for
neurological impairment is not the same as a test for psychiatric disorder,
Trump’s physicians explained that he had spent a great deal of time talking
with Trump and saw no signs of psychiatric illness. One notes that there is
really no such thing as a test for psychiatric disorders.

Anyway, when it came to a Trump instance of slurred speech,
the culprit was not neurological, but was Sudafed… which produces dry mouth:

Dr.
Jackson said that the tests all were normal, leading him to believe that the
slurred words might have been caused by Sudafed, a medicine for nasal
congestion, that he prescribed for the president. He said Mr. Trump does not
wear dentures “of any kind,” a popular theory on Twitter for the slurred words.

In
response to speculation on television and elsewhere that the president has
mental health problems, Dr. Jackson said, “In my opinion, that’s just tabloid
psychiatry.”

The
president’s most fierce critics are unlikely to be satisfied by Dr. Jackson’s
pronouncements, but even top aides to former President Barack Obama were quick
to praise Dr. Jackson, who also served as the White House physician to Mr.
Obama.

I would like to say that those who have maligned Trump’s
mental health owe him and the nation an apology. If you believe that these
people have enough integrity to accept that they were wrong and that they owe
us an apology, then you seriously misunderstand fanatics.

6 comments:

"caper, ginned up to keep certain segments of the Democratic base in line and motivated to vote," Bingo. That's why any evidence of Trump's wellness etc, doesn't matter it'll never stop, they can't stop. He's not the primary target.

Sen "Dick" Durbin publicly acknowleged that he has an exclusive retainer with the DACA Lobby...

"I’m focused on one thing — not that meeting — but on making sure that those who are being protected by DACA and eligible for the DREAM Act have a future in America, I am focused on that full time.”--- Sen "Dick" Durbin

If I were an Illinois - or South Chicago - citizen, I would remember that in 2020. OTOH, if I were an undocumented Pilsen voter, I would probably volunteer for his cammpaign.